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Robots can help young patients engage in rehab

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageRCH patient, Miles, working with NAOAlvin Aquino/RCH

Anyone who has undergone any intensive physical rehabilitation knows the frustration, boredom and discomfort that comes with repeated exercises over days, weeks and even months. For young children and their families, rehabilitation is often a traumatic and emotional time.

Physiotherapists and...

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Tony Abbott's great big budget legacy

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott spent just shy of two years in office, making it difficult for Australians to associate him with much of a legacy.

But you only have to see what’s changed over the past two years since Abbott’s infamous 2014 budget to see the great, big difference he has made. It may not be the legacy he wanted or...

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The off-topic Conversation #88

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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To embrace our future as an innovation nation, we'll need to learn from the past

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageAustralians are not averse to taking risks.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Australia has many successful, innovative industries, such as wheat, wool, beef, lamb and cotton. And Australians are not averse to taking risks. Our shrewd investments in chancy mining tenements have paid handsomely.

But we do not invest in areas in which we lack...

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  1. Five ideas to help fix Australia's tax system
  2. Twenty years after the High Court's Wik decision, how does the 'judicial activism' charge stand up?
  3. How trans people can change their voice to suit their preferred gender
  4. When measuring research, we must remember that 'engagement' and 'impact' are not the same thing
  5. Frogs v fungus: time is running out to save seven unique species from disease
  6. Could robot submarines replace the ageing Collins class?
  7. How 'Asiavision' could be a boon for cultural diplomacy
  8. Selling smart things in the home. Nest's struggles to make it work
  9. The 18th-Century Enlightenment and the Problem of Public Misery
  10. Booze and driving don't mix but a zero blood alcohol limit isn't the answer
  11. Arrium’s Whyalla steelworks another threat to fragile manufacturing sector
  12. Sex trade survivors deserve the chance to speak
  13. Medical tourism: having an op overseas adds to the everyday risk of surgery
  14. On public trust and The Conversation's fifth birthday
  15. Labor pledges royal commission into bank behaviour
  16. Climate change threatens entire ecosystems -- let's pick them up and move them
  17. Suburbanising the centre: the Baird government's anti-urban agenda for Sydney
  18. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a royal commission into the banks
  19. Arrium's collapse shows Australia must get a lot smarter about steel
  20. Vital Signs: all eyes on the Aussie dollar
  21. FactCheck: are two-thirds of all industrial disputes in Australia in the construction sector?
  22. Greater police powers and penalties threaten civil liberties in NSW for 'public safety'
  23. Cape York's ecosystems are worth billions of dollars: time to share the wealth
  24. CSIRO must ensure climate science is maintained
  25. Grattan on Friday: Banks' bad behaviour becomes latest pre-election jousting ground
  26. Why we should design smart cities for getting lost
  27. Flawed GST system skews state transport projects
  28. A grim future for Arrium, Ford and Queensland Nickel workers?
  29. Kitchen Science: everything you eat is made of chemicals
  30. Twisted light could dramatically boost internet speeds
  31. Friday essay: Fury Road, The Force Awakens and the 'real' vs digital effects furphy
  32. Politics podcast: Peter Whish-Wilson on the need for a royal commission into banks
  33. Death of a partner can endanger your heart health
  34. BBSW – too dumb to understand?
  35. Indigenous youth with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder need Indigenous-run alternatives to prison
  36. We've found a Shakespeare folio but a swag of original plays are still missing
  37. New relaxed drone regulations will help the industry take off
  38. If not Gonski funding, then what?
  39. Do women take their husband's surname after marriage because of biology?
  40. High housing costs create worries for city tourism and hospitality
  41. Lessons in living heritage from Tokyo to Adelaide
  42. Virtual reality brings new dimension to conservation
  43. Labor takes lead in Newspoll as state income tax plan bombs
  44. Superannuation 'objective' likely to be captured by industry
  45. Coral Bleaching Taskforce: more than 1,000 km of the Great Barrier Reef has bleached
  46. We can't trust drug companies to wine, dine and educate doctors about the drugs they prescribe
  47. Invisible influence: why sales reps are forming relationships with nurses
  48. Hillary Clinton as president will not necessarily be a feminist coup
  49. Nudges, not legislation will drive people to save more for retirement
  50. The banking sector can do its bit to combat family violence

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